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Bottom-Up Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons on Surfaces

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Part of the book series: Advances in Polymer Science ((POLYMER,volume 278))

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The review discusses progress in the synthesis of atomically precise graphene nanoribbons from molecularly defined precursors on surfaces. It covers the literature from 2010 through 2016.

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Abbreviations

AFM:

Atomic force microscopy

AGNR:

Armchair graphene nanoribbon

CB:

Conduction band

CeGNR:

Cove edge graphene nanoribbon

CGNR:

Chevron graphene nanoribbon

DOS:

Density of states

GNR:

Graphene nanoribbon

HREELS:

High-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy

IPES:

Inverse photoemission spectroscopy

LDOS:

Local density of states

ncAFM:

Noncontact atomic force microscopy

STM:

Scanning tunneling microscopy

STS:

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy

UHV:

Ultrahigh vacuum

UPS:

Ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy

VB:

Valence band

XPS:

X-ray photoemission spectroscopy

ZGNR:

Zig-zag graphene nanoribbon

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Felix R. Fischer

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    Felix R. Fischer

  3. Kavli Energy Nanosciences Institute at the University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

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    Xinliang Feng

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Fischer, F.R. (2017). Bottom-Up Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons on Surfaces. In: Müllen, K., Feng, X. (eds) From Polyphenylenes to Nanographenes and Graphene Nanoribbons. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 278. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2017_2

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